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=== Amethys ===

The amethys' body are a deep purple hue that gleams with a magical sheen. Their favourite mineral to eat is amethyst.

Amethys are the smartest of all lapith, achieving an as good as human-level intellect. As such, they are often the ones that coordinate group battles against large parties of enemies. Their physiques are suffused with raw magical energy and they are incredibly resilient to magic. When in combat, they usually use their climb speed to find a place with a good oversight of the battle. 

'''{{Anchor|Devour Magic}} {{Su}}:''' When an Amethys performs a successful bite attack on a creature that has any form of spellcasting, a 1d6 is rolled, and a spell slot of a level equal to the result is drained. If the creature has no remaining spell slot as high as the result, a spell slot of the highest level he has remaining is drained. The Amethys regains one spell slot of a level up to the level of the devoured spell slot - 1.

Advancement will make this ability stronger, increasing the die size to a d8 at 11 [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]], and a d10 at 14 [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]].

'''{{Anchor|Magic Burst}} {{Su}}:''' The Amethys may focus all its inherent magical energy as a 1-[[SRD:Round|round]] action. During the time this ability is charging, all incoming damage is halved (after applying its [[SRD:Damage Reduction|damage reduction]]). If more than 40 points of damage is dealt to the Amethys' [[SRD:Hit Points|hit points]] before the ability finishes charging, it is interrupted and the Amethys becomes [[SRD:Staggered|staggered]] for 1 [[SRD:Round|round]]. 

If the charging completes, on the start of the Amethys' next turn, it releases a massive burst of raw arcana that deals 2d6 points of damage per [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]] it has to any creature within 15 feet, and every creature within range is [[SRD:Bull Rush|bull rushed]] away by the blast at a modifier equal to the Amethys' [[SRD:Charisma|Charisma]] bonus + 4, knocking creatures back by 5 feet for every 5 points Amethys' check beat theirs. Affected creatures may make a DC 20 [[SRD:Reflex|Reflex]] save to halve the damage dealt. The save DC is [[SRD:Charisma|Charisma]] based.

After using a magic burst, the Amethys must wait 2d4 rounds before being able to use it again.

'''{{Anchor|Spells}}:''' An Amethys casts [[SRD:Spells|spells]] as an 8th-level [[SRD:Sorcerer|sorcerer]]. 

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Alignment	Usually neutral +
Author	Sulacu +
Challenge Rating	8 +
Environment	Mountains, volcanic areas and subterranean places +
Identifier	3.5e Monster +
Level Adjustment	— +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Size	Medium +
Subtype	Earth +
Title	Lapith +
Type	Magical Beast +